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A. vr i good afternoon Wednesday July 2, 1980 inirn Copyright 1 980 The' Jackson Sun Inc. Four Sections Jackson, Tennessee 20 Cents PHONE 424-8080V Gall Sun Line, 424-8080, or write Sun Line, Box 1059, for action and information. You must include your name, phone number and address. Your name is kept confidential.

Sun Line answers as many questions as it can and selects the most interesting and informative ones to appear in print. Senate pane cites growing TMI danger I nM i whWi 'Wi ill- I I sS VI fS 4 A David Prowse The man behind the evil Darth Vader WASHINGTON (AP) More than 15 months after the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the danger of accidental radiation releases to the surrounding Pennsylvania countryside is increasing rather than decreasing because of the slow cleanup, operation, a congressional study concluded The final report of the Senate Environment and Public Works nuclear regulation subcommittee said the crippled plant near Harrisburg remains extremely dangerous and the nation's most serious commercial nuclear accident is far from over. THE MARCH 28, 1979, accident severely damaged the reactor core and left the plant highly contaminated. Stiff legal, environmental and regulatory safeguards are slowing the $200 million cleanup operation and preventing adequate protection to area residents, concluded the study by the panel chaired by Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo.

"Both the surrounding community and, most immediately, the workers involved in the cleanup are at risk," said the 423-page report. "The longer it takes to remove the radioactivity from inside the plant, the more likely it is that further accidental releases of radioactivity will occur before workers can repair or remove deteriorating equipment." Large quantities of radioactive krypton-85 gas and hundreds of gallons of radioactive water were released into the containment building during the accident. Officials expect to take up to four more weeks to complete the process of releasing the radioactive gas before workers are able to enter the building for further repairs. Please Turn To Page 14A Consolidation explored for city Sun photos bv Bob Arnold ment like it anywhere," said Charles Taylor, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Both the chamber and Goals for Jackson support consolidation as a more efficient, economical way to run local Elisha Ragan is escorted from his house by Deputies Buntin carries two of the shotguns with which deputies Jerrel Hoppers, left, and David Woolfork- Tommy i- were armed when they went to the Ragan house: Pair's Medon neighbor held Two injured in shooting Q.

Who played Darth Vader in "The Empire Strikes Back," the sequel to "Star C.B. Denmark A. Vader is such a "baddie" it took two men to make him come alive. As in "Star Wars," the arch-villain was played physically by David Prowse, a retired, undefeated British weightlifting champion (heavyweight rank), and verbally by American actor James Earl Jones. The menacing sound of Vader'a breathing was accomplished by putting a tiny microphone in a scuba tank regulator, according to a Time magazine article.

Security on the "Empire" set was so tight the voice of Vader didn't know what the body was ing, the article said. Prowse 's 6-foot, 7-inch height is bested only toy the 7-foot, 2-inch frame of Peter Mayher, who played Chewbacca. Q. Did The Jackson Sun ever have a Saturday edition? D.H. Jackson A.

The Sun didn't have a Saturday edition on a regular basis within anyone's recollection. Albert Stone, who was with The Sun from 1919-1973, said he can't remember having a regular Saturday edition. One could have been published on a special day, though, he added. Stone said he doubted anyone could dispute his memory on that question. Q.

I have been a loyal Sears customer for many years. Recently, however, something happened which made me unhappy with Sears. I drove 30 miles to the Jackson store to purchase two hide-a-ta-bles which were advertised on sale. The clerk told me the tables were sold out, but I saw two which were being held for someone. I don't think this is fair.

The merchandise should be sold to people, who come in for it. Can anything be done about this? CJL Maury City A. Something is being done. Ken Mauck, manager of Sears. said two tables are being sent from Memphis and will be available to Please Turn To Page 2A By LISA FRYE Sun Reporter With a referendum on the 6-3 plan to change city government little more than a month away, a drive for another alternative.

consolidated city-county government is taking shape. Leadership for the movement springs from Goals for Jackson, the citizens' group that has set consolidation as a priority for several years, and from Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, which came out strongly against the 6-3 proposal last month. INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATION has "been sort of floating for several years with little impetus to do something about it," said John McCutchen, president of Goals for Jackson. "I think 6-3 has brought it to the front." Chamber of Commerce officials said they hope to see a citizens' committee for consolidation in action before the Aug. 7 referendum.

The organization of local business representatives is taking the approach that "you can't change the structure of government now (to 6-3) and expect to be able to change it again (to a consolidated form) in two or three years," said Larry Welchrexecutive vice president. The chamber board of directors, after surveying the membership, voted in June to oppose the 6-3 plan, which would add six part-time commissioners elected by district to the current three full-time commissioners, who are elected at large. "It appears to have no broad base of support, and it has no track record. We don't know of a govern- THE CHAMBER'S IN-VOLVEMENT in the effort "certainly does not in any way" reflect dissatisfaction with current city leadership, Taylor said. "It's an economic thing." Support for consolidation will have to come from a broader base than either the chamber or Goals for" Jackson, leaders of the organizations say.

"It's going to require people from the city and the county, black and white, management and labor," McCutchen said. McCutchen, president of E.L. Morgan and Cindy East, an administrative assistant at the Chamber of Commerce, are taking calls from people interested in working for consolidation, he said. "I think you'll see a group emerge by the mid part of July. The cloud that's sort of hanging over it is where we go on 6-3 on Aug.

7." Richard Day, a leader of the 6-3 movement, said he questions the Chamber of Commerce's motives in taking up the consolidation effort. "I strictly think it's a smoke screen to slow down the 6-3 plan." City officials have said they won't fight the plan, "so that leaves only the chamber to fight it for them," he charged. "I think the full intent behind it is to preserve the current three-man commission. If 6-3 fails, I think we won't hear anything else about" consolidation. Two persons wounded by shotgun blasts near Medon about 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday and a neighbor was being held in connection with the shooting, the Madison County Sheriff's Department reported. John Shields, 35, and his wife Doris, 50, of Route 2, Medon, were injured. Mrs. Shields was taken by ambulance to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, where she was listed in fair condition this morning. Shields drove himself to the hospital and was dismissed after treatment.

Deputies said shotgun pellets struck Mrs. Shields on her face, neck, left arm and left shoulder. Shields was hit on his left arm, left side and left part of his back. Elisha D. Ragan, 69, was arrested at his house near the shooting location.

Deputies said Ragan allegedly shot the Shields as they drove to the barn of another neighbor to get some hay. Officers quoted Ragan as saying he had told Shields to stay away from, the Ragan property. Ragan was sitting on his ron porch when officers arrived, was, unarmed and offered no resistance, deputies said. v.v.-- index John Shields wipes off blood after being struck by a shotgun blast. Court rules on trials, minority funds Business 4C Qassified 5C-7C Comics 6B Crossword 6B Dear Abb 4D Deaths 12A-13A FoodLiving 1D-2D Leisure 7B Living -V Matter of Record 1 2 A Newsmakers 8B Opinion 2B-3B People 6D-7D, 10D Seek Find 6B Sports 1C-3C TV Log 7B the weather Criminal courts open to press WASHINGTON (AP) The public and press have a constitutional right; to attend criminal trials, the Supreme Court ruled today, telling judges nationwide they can conduct trials or portions of trials in secret only as a last resort to insure fairness to a defendant.

By a 7-1 vote, the justices said the Constitution's free-speech guarantees require; public trials. THE DECISION SPARKED seven separate opinions, and not all seven justices agreed in their approach to the critical constitutional issue. But the decision, nevertheless, was a victory for public and press access into the nation's courts. The decision said a Virginia judge, Richard Taylor, was wrong when he closed the two-day murder trial in 1978 of John Paul Stevenson. Stevenson was charged in the 1976 murder of a Hanover, hotel owner, and had been tried three times previously.

At the start of the 1978 trial, Stevenson's lawyer asked Judge Racial quotas OK'd for aid WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court today affirmed congressional authority to set quotas that guarantee minority-owned businesses a 10 percent share of federal public works grants. It was a major endorsement of the government's affirmative action efforts. By a 6-3 vote, the justices said Congress acted within its constitutional and legal authority in 1977 when it reserved 10 percent of $4 billion in federal public work grants as so-called minority set asides. OPPONENTS OF THE practice said the minority set-asides constituted "reverse discrimination" in which white. firms were illegally blocked from competing for' some public works contracts.

James M. Nab rit, associate counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said the decision "is in accord with the original spirit of the 14th Amendment which was intended to help black people attain full participation in the life of the nation." Chief Justice Warren E. Burger delivered Taylor to close the proceedings "because I don't want any information being shuffled back and forth when we have a recess as to what who testified to what." Prosecutors voiced no objection to the request, and Taylor approved it. Two of the persons ordered to leave the courtroom were Timothy Wheeler and Kevin McCarthy, reporters for the Richmond Times Dispatch and the Richmond News-Leader. 1 THEY 'AND THEIR employer, Richmond Newspapers sued, challenging Taylor's action.

The Virginia Supreme Court upheld the trial closure, but today's decision said the closure was unconstitutional. Stevenson eventually was acquitted. reoprters' appeal was supported by numerous news media organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union, which viewed the case as a major constitutional showdown. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Justices Byron R.

White and John Paul Stevens joined in one opinion, written by Burger, that said, "absent an overriding interest the; trial of a criminal case, must be open. to the public. Please Turfc To Page 14A c. the opinion of the court, supported by two separate concurring opinions, all agreeing on the constitutionality of the set aside method of correcting past racial inequalities. Justices Potter Stewart, William Rehnquist and John Paul Stevens dissented, on the grounds that the Constitution should be "color blind" in its application.

Burger, joined by Justices Byron R. White and Lewis Powell, took the narrow position that the minority business enterprise provision of the act was not unconstitutional on its face. "Any preference based on racial or ethnic criteria must necessarily receive a most searching examination to make sure that it does not conflict with constitutional Burger wrote. "This case is one which requires, and which has received that kind of examination." A CONCURRING OPINION by Justices Thurgood Marshall, William Brennan and Harry A. Blackmun took the broader view that such classifications as the minority set aside, 1 are justified if they serve important governmental interests and are directly related to achieving their remedial objectives.

Sunny and hot today and Thursday. Fair tonight. High today near 100. Low tonight upper 70s. High Thursday near 100.

Winds southwest 5 to 10 mph today and south 5 to 10 mph tonight. More weather on page 2A.